Hand mirror



J. KoMoRous June 2o, 1939.

HAND uIRnoR Filed June 1o. '19:58

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Patented June 20, 1939 PATENT OFFICE HAND LIIILROR Joseph Komorous, i Riverside, Ill., assgnor to Parisian Novelty Company, Chicago, Ill., a corporation of Illinois Application June 10, -1938, Serial No. 212,900

1 Claim.

This invention relates to hand mirrors. The main object of the invention is to produce a hand mirror which is very simple in construction, and the parts of which may be easily assembled.

The construction of my invention embodies two units. One unit consists of the mirror plate and a cover which extends 'over the coated back of the glass plate and engages the edges of the glass.

The other unit consists of an integrally formed lhandle and open faced frame, the frame being adapted to receive and retain the previously assembled mirror glass and cover without the aid of an interlocking ring or other frame member.

By this construction, the handle and frame unit may be made of plastic material,` molded or cast by any of the well known methods, and the two units comprising the hand mirror may be readily and economically assembled.

zo In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a hand mirror embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view, on an enlarged scale, showing the mirror and frame units in non-assembled relation.

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view, o n an enlarged scale, taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

In that embodiment of the invention shown in the drawing, the frame unit consists of a handle III and-open faced frame member in the form of an annular ring II, having an inner concentric surface I2 which is parallel to the axis of the ring I I. Said ring II has a flange I3 on its front face which extends inwardly of the ring and has an inner surface I4 at right angles to the surface.I2 of the ring II. The frame unit may be made of molded or cast plastic material, and be given any desired contour and ornamentation.

The mirror unit comprises a plate of glass I5 coated in a familiar manner on its rear surface I6 which is protected by a cover preferably made of metal and consisting of the dished plate portion I1 and peripheral portion I8. The metal portions of the cover preferably are coated or covered by a flexible sheet, such as the Celluloid or paper and Celluloid sheet I9, having an edge portion 20 turned in over the peripheral portion I8 of the metal part of the cover. The sheet Ill-20 may be crimped on the part I8 of the metal I1, and the mirror plate I5 is frictionally held within the cover parts, in engagement with the edge portion 20 of the exible sheet, and flush with the bent portion of the sheet I9-2I).

The assembled mirror plate and cover members 10 fit snugly within the frame or ring I I, in engagement with the concentric inner surface I2, and bearing on the shoulder formed by the inner surface I4 of the ange I3 which overlies the face of the mirror unit adjacent its periphery. Ad- III hesive or cementing means may be provided be` tween the frame surfaces I2, I4 and that part of the cover I9 engaged thereby to rigidly connect the two units, together.

The method of manufacturing the hand mirror herein described is very economical and has substantial advantages over prior art constructions.

Changes may be. made in details of construc tion without departing from the scope of my invention. g5

I claim: l

A hand mirror comprising an integral handle and open faced frame, said frame consisting of a ring of greater radial thickness at its front than at its rear, a mirror plate, and a cover ex- 30 tending over the rear surface of the mirror plate and engaging its edge, the cover consisting of a dished metal plate and a flexible sheet adjacent the outer surface of the metal and turned inwardly over the edge of the metal between the 35 metal andthe mirror plate, the cover edge being flush with the face of the mirror plate, said assembled mirror plate and cover having a snug t y within the thinner portion of the ring, the mirror plate and flush edge of the cover being parallel to 40 andl bearing against the rear surface of the thicker portion of said ring, the outer convex surface of the cover projecting outwardly beyond the rear of the frame. f

' JOSEPH KOMOROUS. 

